Tag Archives: Peter Grimes

Peter Grimes, in concert, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, August 2012

Posted on 25 August 2012

For those who saw English National Opera’s new production of Peter Grimes in 2009, here was a chance to savour the full glory of Britten’s score. With the ENO orchestra and chorus in the vast expanse of the Albert Hall under brilliant direction by Edward Gardner, this was a musical treat. As Grimes himself, Stuart Skelton gave a …

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Peter Grimes, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, June 2011

Posted on 22 June 2011

This production brings out the horrid awkwardness of Grimes’s estrangement from the local community, eliciting our sympathy for him …

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Peter Grimes, English National Opera, London Coliseum, May 2009

Posted on 12 May 2009

…what really drove Britten’s masterpiece home was Stuart Skelton [as Grimes], Felicity Palmer [as Mrs. Sedley], the chorus, and the conductor Edward Gardner.

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